Skype Technologies SA, a company that offers free software for making phone calls over the Internet, is introducing a new version of its application on Tuesday that includes a prepay service for ...

When Skype debuted in 2003, it was the first time I remember feeling that an individual app—and not just the broader internet—was radically disrupting communications. Thanks to its implementation of ...

If you recall, when Windows 11 was released (in 2021), Skype was dropped as a default (pre-installed) app from the roster (replaced by Microsoft Teams instead). However, the Skype client is still ...

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV has announced a new phone that allows users of Skype Ltd.’s Internet telephony service to make calls without having to boot up their PCs. The voice-over-IP (VoIP) ...

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype, the pioneering Internet telecommunications and video call platform it bought nearly 14 years ago for $8.5 billion. "We will be retiring Skype in May 2025 to ...

At XDA, Rich Woods writes: The writing has been on the wall for Skype for a long time, but every time you think it’s dead, Microsoft launches some big update. This time, however, that’s not happening, ...

The Brief: Belkin’s Desktop Internet Phone allows Skype calls to be made simply, by plugging straight into a wired/wireless router or live Ethernet port. The internet phone can store 500 contacts and ...

If you still use Skype, the service is phasing out one of its most useful features: Pay-as-you-go phone calls. Last week, users began noticing the discontinuation of Skype Credits, which let consumers ...